Veazie (Bangor, Orono, Brewer: house, elementary school, university)

[lovemaine]

Hello all!

Can anyone tell me about Veazie? I've seen several very nice (online) house listings in that area. How far is it from Bangor? Schools? Thanks for any info. you helpful folks can provide!

[DavidoftheNorth]

Veazie is right next to Bangor, just up the river, and is a nice little town with decent schools. Basically a bedroom community for Bangor.

[Northern Maine Land Man]

Veazie is tiny, only a tenth the size of many towns. It's on the west side of the Penobscot River and is a bedroom town between Bangor and the university in Orono.

[mollysmiles]

When I went to college in Orono, and later when I lived in Bangor I made many trips through Veazie. It is a sweet little town, with some nice homes. I don't know how true it is now, but then Veazie was a town that you NEVER went above the speed limit in, you'd be sure to get caught!

[DavidoftheNorth]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

When I went to college in Orono, and later when I lived in Bangor I made many trips through Veazie. It is a sweet little town, with some nice homes. I don't know how true it is now, but then Veazie was a town that you NEVER went above the speed limit in, you'd be sure to get caught!

Molly, have you and I, like, been playing hide and seek with authority, like, most of our lives?

[mollysmiles]

LOL...I'm starting to feel as if I MUST have met you somewhere!!

there was this old restaurant in Veazie, that if you weren't of age you could sneak in through the bathroom window...one time, ahem, while doing that...there was a GUY in there--turns out they were checking IDs at the time, and he figured he was safe in there! David, was that YOU??!!

[DavidoftheNorth]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

LOL...I'm starting to feel as if I MUST have met you somewhere!!

there was this old restaurant in Veazie, that if you weren't of age you could sneak in through the bathroom window...one time, ahem, while doing that...there was a GUY in there--turns out they were checking IDs at the time, and he figured he was safe in there! David, was that YOU??!!

Was that the Vietnamese restaurant? Yes, that was me! My goodness, life can be really interesting sometimes!

[Maine Writer]

Originally Posted by mollysmiles

When I went to college in Orono, and later when I lived in Bangor I made many trips through Veazie. It is a sweet little town, with some nice homes. I don't know how true it is now, but then Veazie was a town that you NEVER went above the speed limit in, you'd be sure to get caught!

<smirk grin giggle> That was my dad! He was chief deputy! I kid you not. He was. He worked nights because he had a full time job. He'd sit on Rt 2 running radar. He caught illegal immigrants and druggies, more than enough drunks and people with warrants when all his intended to do was have them slow down. Once you've passed the only cruiser in Veazie you know it's safe to speed, right? Cross that line into Bangor or Orono and another cop, his buddy the Statie, was waiting for you. My father became a cop so that he'd know what my 10 years younger sister was up to. I guess he didn't want her following in my foot steps.

Originally Posted by DavidoftheNorth

Was that the Vietnamese restaurant? Yes, that was me! My goodness, life can be really interesting sometimes!

And to think I lived there and missed all the fun.

I might be older than the two of you. When I was 18 drinking was legal. The year it went up to 21 I turned 21 in April and it went up in June. Not 18? No problem. Nashville North was just down the road. I miss that place.

[Maine Writer]

Oh good Lord! This was supposed to be about VEAZIE and I rambled on. My many times great grandfather was General Samuel Veazie. The town has a nice elementary school on (ta da...) School Street. I grew up three doors down from where the school is now. Back then it was a butcher shop. I used to walk up the road to get a cut of meat for supper and an icy cold soda out of the old fashioned machine.

Veazie is a nice town. It's grown some since I lived there but not much has changed. You have a choice of high schools because Veazie doesn't have one of its own. Students are tuitioned. Most go to Orono. There's a contract to provide busing to the high school there. If you want to provide your own transportation you can also go to Bapst, Bangor, Brewer or Old Town. Others are probably too far to consider.

Public transportation comes off Rt 2, down School Street, around the corner to Oak Grove, around the corner to....another street, and cuts back up to Rt 2 heading toward Orono, backward on the way back of course.

Welcome to Veazie, Maine

There. Maybe I said something useful this time.

[mollysmiles]

David, nope, there was one across from the country club....shoot, started with an O....darn it! Maine Writer, can you remember? It would have been around '85 and '86....darn! well, I'll get back if I can remember it....maybe it was more in Orono than Veazie, but if so, it was right on the line-ish!